Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019

Taichung · 12 October 2019 · 14 events · 108 competitors · 158 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won three of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) by 0.06 seconds. 108 competitors produced 158 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yun-Rui Chiang (江昀叡) set the Megaminx single national record: 38.49.

Three wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.06s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) over Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)

158

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	6.03	7.26
2×2	Yu-Kai Chen (陳宇楷)	1.93	2.32
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	24.58	25.62
5×5	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	43.77	47.85
6×6	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	1:37.92	1:42.28
7×7	Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)	2:16.79	2:22.23
3×3 blindfolded	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	55.87	—
3×3 one-handed	He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)	11.42	13.43
Clock	Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)	5.06	5.96
Megaminx	Yun-Rui Chiang (江昀叡)	36.29	40.23
Pyraminx	Ho Hsieh (謝合)	2.46	3.41
Skewb	Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲)	2.98	3.97
Square-1	Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和)	6.32	9.88
3×3 with feet	Hua-Ting Lee (李華庭)	40.32	42.82

The PB harvest

158 set · 53 still standing

Ho Hsieh (謝合) — 2×2 single 1.08: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — Skewb single 1.80: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) — 4×4 single 26.97: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Shu-Yii Luo (駱書翊) — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Ho Hsieh (謝合) — Square-1 single 8.24: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — Skewb single 2.72: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Wei-Jyun Wang (王韋鈞) — 3×3 single 9.06: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Yu-Kai Chen (陳宇楷) — Skewb single 3.06: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

108 competitors · 866 results · 14 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won it with a 7.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1F2 D U2 R2 D2 F2 U2 F2 U L R2 U R B F2 U2 R' B F'
2R2 U2 B2 R2 F2 D' F' L' R D2 R' F R2 D2 B' U R2 F2
3R' U' D2 F R2 F2 U L2 U L' F R' F2 R F2 R2 F2 L' D2
4L2 F' L B D2 R2 U' R F R D F2 U2 B2 L2 F2 D L2 F2
5R' D2 L F2 L' B2 U2 R' U2 B' F L' R2 B2 R U L B' L

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

108 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.